<p>Beetle Appreciation </p><p>Diversity and Classification of Common </p><p>Beetle Families </p><p>Christopher E. Carlton </p><p>Louisiana State Arthropod Museum </p><p>Coleoptera Families Everyone Should Know </p><p>(Checklist) <br>Suborder Adephaga <br>•Carabidae <br>Suborder Polyphaga, cont. <br>Superfamily Scarabaeoidea </p><p>•Lucanidae </p><p>•Dytiscidae •Gyrinidae <br>•Passalidae </p><p>Suborder Polyphaga </p><p>Superfamily Staphylinoidea </p><p>•Ptiliidae <br>•Scarabaeidae <br>Superfamily Buprestoidea <br>•Buprestidae <br>•Silphidae <br>Superfamily Byrroidea </p><p>•Heteroceridae </p><p>•Dryopidae </p><p>•Elmidae <br>Superfamily Elateroidea <br>•Elateridae <br>•Staphylinidae </p><p>Superfamily Hydrophiloidea </p><p>•Hydrophilidae •Histeridae </p><p>Coleoptera Families Everyone Should Know </p><p>(Checklist, cont.) <br>Suborder Polyphaga, cont. <br>Superfamily Cantharoidea <br>•Lycidae <br>Suborder Polyphaga, cont. <br>Superfamily Cucujoidea <br>•Nitidulidae </p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">•Cantharidae </li><li style="flex:1">•Silvanidae </li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">•Lampyridae </li><li style="flex:1">•Cucujidae </li></ul><p>Superfamily Bostrichoidea <br>•Dermestidae <br>Bostrichidae <br>•Anobiidae <br>Superfamily Cleroidea </p><p>•Cleridae </p><p>•Erotylidae •Coccinellidae <br>Superfamily Tenebrionoidea <br>•Tenebrionidae •Mordellidae </p><p>•Meloidae </p><p>•Anthicidae </p><p>Coleoptera Families Everyone Should Know </p><p>(Checklist, cont.) <br>Suborder Polyphaga, cont. <br>Superfamily Chrysomeloidea <br>•Chrysomelidae </p><p>•Cerambycidae </p><p>Superfamily Curculionoidea <br>•Brentidae •Curculionidae </p><p>Total: 35 families of 131 in the U.S. <br>Suborder Adephaga Family Carabidae </p><p>“Ground and Tiger Beetles” </p><p>Terrestrial predators or herbivores (few). 2600 N. A. spp. <br>Suborder Adephaga </p><p>Family Dytiscidae </p><p>“Predacious diving beetles” </p><p>Adults and larvae aquatic predators. 500 N. A. spp. <br>Suborder Adephaga Family Gyrindae </p><p>“Whirligig beetles” </p><p>Aquatic, on water surface. Adults weak predators/scavengers, larvae predaceous. 56 N.A. spp. <br>Suborder Polyphaga* Family Ptiliidae </p><p>“Featherwinged beetles” </p><p><a href="/goto?url=http://www.zin.ru/.../Coleoptera/" target="_blank">www.zin.ru/.../Coleoptera/ </a></p><p>images/pteforkm.jpg </p><p>Adults and larvae fungivorous. 117 N.A. spp. </p><p>*all families from this point belong to this suborder </p><p>tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/ acrotrichine.gif </p><p>Family Silphidae </p><p>“Carrion and sexton beetles” </p><p>Scavengers and/or predators or herbivores (few). 30 N.A. species <br>Family Staphylinidae </p><p>“Rove and short-winged </p><p>mold beetles” </p><p>Predators, fungivores, and parasitoids (few). 4200 N.A. spp. Family Hydrophilidae </p><p>“Water scavenger beetles” </p><p>Larvae predaceous, adults scavengers, aquatic or semiaquatic. 284 N.A. spp. <br>Family Histeridae </p><p>“Hister beetles” </p><p>Predators or adapted to life with social </p><p>insects. 440 N.A. </p><p>spp. <br>Family Lucanidae </p><p>“Stag beetles” </p><p>Saproxylic (wood </p><p>inhabiting) fungivores as larvae. Adults typically do not feed. 24 N.A. spp. <br>Family Passalidae </p><p>“Bess bugs, betsy bugs, </p><p>patent leather beetle” </p><p>Saproxylic fungivores. 1 eastern species. <br>Family Scarabaeidae </p><p>“Scarabs” </p><p>Phytophagous (most) or scatophagous. 1400 N.A. spp. <br>Family Buprestidae </p><p>“Metallic wood boring </p><p>beetles” </p><p>Lavae feed on live, dead, or </p><p>dying wood. </p><p>Adults pollen or fluids. <br>Family Elateridae </p><p>“Click beetles” </p><p>Larvae </p><p>predatory or </p><p>herbivorous. Adults feed on </p><p>fluid or pollen. </p><p>965 N. A. spp. <br>Family Heteroceridae </p><p>“Mud-loving beetles” </p><p>Aquatic grazers. 34 </p><p>N.A. species. <br>Family Dryopidae </p><p>“Long-toed water beetles” </p><p>Aquatic grazers. 13 N.A. spp. <br>Family Elmidae </p><p>“Riffle beetles” </p><p>Aquatic grazers. 85 N.A. spp. </p><p>Family Lycidae </p><p>“Net-winged beetles” </p><p>Larvae predatory or perhaps fungivorous in forest litter. Adults feed on fluids. 76 N.A. spp. <br>Family Cantharidae </p><p>“Soldier beetles” </p><p>Larvae predatory in forest litter. Adults feed on pollen or fluids. 473 N.A. spp. <br>Family Lampyridae </p><p>“Fireflies, lightningbugs” </p><p>Many species bioluminescent. </p><p>Predators. 125 </p><p>N.A. spp. </p><p>Family Dermestidae </p><p>“Carpet, hide beetles” </p><p>Scavengers of protein-rich </p><p>or starchy substances. 123 </p><p>N.A. spp. <br>Family Bostrichidae </p><p>“Twig borers and powderpost beetles” </p><p>Most feed on wood, some on stored </p><p>products. 71 N.A. spp. </p><p>Family Anobiidae </p><p>“Deathwatch, furniture and spider beetles” </p><p>Scavengers on many dry substrates; </p><p>also in dry wood. 470 N.A. spp. <br>Family Cleridae </p><p>“Checkered beetles” </p><p>Predators or scavengers of </p><p>proteins (few). 291 N.A. </p><p>spp. <br>Family Nitidulidae </p><p>“Sap beetles” </p><p>Fungivores or on in </p><p>nutrient rich fluids, predatory (few), </p><p>herbivorous (few). </p><p>183 N.A. spp. <br>Family Silvanidae </p><p>“Flat grain beetles” </p><p>Fungivores or scavengers </p><p>of starches. 32 N.A. spp. <br>Family Cucujidae </p><p>“Flat bark beetles” </p><p>Predators under bark. 3 </p><p>N.A. spp. </p>